Create a Geometric Color Explosion

on Jan 6th 2012 with 130 comments
Tutorial Details
  • Requirements: After Effects and Illustrator
  • Difficulty: Intermediate
  • Run Time: 46:34 min

Final Product What You'll Be Creating

Wes Kandel is back to show us how to combine geometric shapes made in Illustrator and then imported and animated in After Effects to create his very cool Geometrika piece.

Republished Tutorial

Every few weeks, we revisit some of our reader's favorite posts from throughout the history of the site. This tutorial was first published in May of 2009.

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Wes is a dedicated husband, father and motion designer. His dad was an accountant. His mom was an interior designer. He loves all things design as well. He is currently based in Orlando, FL. He is Swedish.  

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  • http://gilleshoarau.com/ Unicolored

    Very cool, thanks, i had fun to watch, and your advices are precious !

  • Станислав

    Thank you for such a valuable lesson, and whether or not continued? I want to do all of this Architectural project, which in 14 seconds.

  • arkh

    hi,
    when i export a letter from illustrator to after effects, the layer has the same size as in illustrator. in you’re tutorial the layer is just great enough for the single letter. how can i make this?

  • tobias

    why don’t you add source files?

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    looks really cool design vise ..which is rear for tutorials

  • http://www.youtube.com/poketheswirl Poketheswirl

    At 32:50 you describe the “cringing” as just adjusting the rotation value. Which thing am I adjusting the rotation value to and what exactly am I doing to it?

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